Car-roof.



w. J. OWEN, w. T. WESTALL & W. WALLACE.

GAB ROOF.

APPLIUATIQN FILED JUNE 6, 1910.

- Patented Apr. 11; 1911.

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W. J. OWEN, W. T. WEST'ALL 61 W. WALLAOE.

GAR ROOF.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6,1910.

Patented Apr. 11, 191 1.

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' to improve the general construction of car strength, nor does it UNITED STATES OFFICE WILLIAM J. OWEN, 0F COLLINWOOD, WILLIAM T. WESTALL, 0F CLEVELAND, AND WILLIAM WALLACE, OF EAST CLEVELAND, OHQIIO.

CARR/00F.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Pat nted Apr. 11, 1911.

Application filed June 6, 1910. Serial No. 565,313.

To all whomdt may concern:

LACE, all citizens ofthe United-States, and residents of OollinWoo'd, county of Guyahoga, and State ofOhio, and of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and Stateof Ohio, and of East- Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, respectively, have jointly invented a new and useful Improvement in Oar-Roofs, of which the following is a specification, the principle 0f.the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which We have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other invent-ions. I

Our invention relates to a system of construct-ion of roots for railroad freight cars, and is particularly adaptable to box freight cars. In cars of this'type, the roof members are usually rigidly nailed or sciswed to the'sidc plates the constant vibration and strains to which these members are subjected cause them to break ofi along the edges of the car, entailing an enormous repair expense. Furthermore, the roof frame of these cars is generally com. used of longitudinal members extending rorn one end of the car to the other which are tied together by comparatively few transverse members. Such a frame. possesses. neither sufficient roof proper.

-'I he-gene'ra';l objects of the present invention are to avoid the defects mentioned and roofs'in other details which will appear in the specification. v Tofthe. accomplishment of these and relatedends, said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointedout' in the claims.

The annexed drawin -and the following iPfi0n Set forth in; etail certain mechanism, embodying the invention, such dis-' "@1959@ me n it tes ho e r, b t o e properly support the I of the various'mecha-nical forms in. which- Be 1t known that We, WILLIAM J. OWEN, )VILLLIAM T. WES'IALL, and WILLIAM VVAL- the prinoiple'of;theinyention may be used;

In said annexed drawings 'F ig-ure 1 is a broken section on a vertical plane trans versely of the car body; Fig, 2 is a broken- The carlin'es which are. employed in our construction are of apeouliar' form and constit-ut-e part of the present invention. As shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, each carline 3 is of inverted U-shape, and atits bottom is formed With horizontal flanges 4 which can tend outwardly from the U-shape in opposite directions, and on the top surface the carline is formed With oppositelyfacimr shoulders 5. The U-shape portion of the carline does not extend entirely "to the ends of the carline, but. is blocked by plates 6,-

while the shouldered upper surface extends outwardly beyond the plates 6, thus forming angled ends of the carline. These carlines are supported by the side plates 1, the plates 6 lying against the inner side or the side plate, and the extensions of the upper surface lying across the top of the si-de'plates. After the carlines are in place they are tied together by a series of ridge poles 'T.,--and purlins 8 Which, .'are supported on,.an dbolt-' -ed or riveted to, the flanges 4 of the adjacent carlines 3. It is apparent that the frame so constructed conslsts of the side plates, a plurality of carlinesi and" short sections of ridge poles and pur. each two carlines.

After the frame has been constructed as described, the roof members 9 are placedjin ins'between position. One roof member is placed be-- tween each two carlines. The roof members are doubled back upon themselves along their edges, and these doubled edges fit into the shoulders 5 on the carlines as is clearly disclosed in Fig. 2, and at their ends, thatis, at the sides of the'car, the roof memhersvflre formed-with'a roll 10. A fascia 11 which is formed at its top with a roll 12 is'slid along the side of the car so that the roll 12 fits within the roll 10 of the various roof mem- 4 bars so that the fascia is securely interlocked with the several roof members.

We rovide roof caps 13 which have their edges oubled underas is disclosed in 'Fig. 2, these roof'ca shaving a len J a trifle overhalf the widt of the car. They are placed in such position that their doubledlunder edg interlock withthedodhled oirer edges of t e roofmembers 9; two roof caps 13 are employed to secure each two roof members to ether, the two roof caps being put in po- -sit onfrbmopposite sides of therarandone cap overla w ping the other at the. center of' morcap.

the car. he fascia 1'1 and the roof cap 13 extend down at the sides of the ca'r,and abolt 14 extends through the plate 6 of the carline 3, the side plate 1, the sheathing 2, the'fascia 11, and the roof cap 13, and ties them allvri idly; togetherJ A metal r'ac et 15 extends transverselyof the car, one su' erpose'd on each roof cap '13, and the biiacke s are formed with bottoms 16 of such rcrmss to substantially inclose'the on their under side these brackets r are formed'with holes 17 which, however, do

not extend clear through the-bracket; and a.

' bolt 18 having its head disposed-in an enlargement'of the hole 17, spri'leeto securely tie the bracket and roof cap to th'e'carline. A runningbotrdj 19 is bolted to the several brackets 'nd extends longitudinally the length of the car.

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. the carlines eiidfittin'g narrowroo'fmembers into the shoulders of adjacent carlines, the

eng nes enter directly into the construction e roof proper and give to it greatly inso constructed is much more The adv'fant'ages of our improved construction may now'be noted In the first-place we haye provided carlines of such a form that they may be securely atte' chedto the side'plates in a much more efietive manner 1 than has heretofore been possible. They are furthermore of such construction that a pluralit of them may housed in a single car and ey may be then tied together by short sections of ridge poles and purlins. A frame v ri' 'djthan one in which along ridge pole anif purlins are By fshouldering the upper surface of o creased strength and 'rigiditg. '.The (roof members, instead of bein'g 'rigi ly secured toithe'side plates as heretofore, are interlocked 'witliperallel, oppositely facing B .at the respective hides of the car with the fasciae which are bolted to the sides of the side plates, and roof caps join together adjacent roof members and serve to, make a continuous roof the caps in turn being boltedto, the side plates along with the fasciaa. Obviousl 'm a .roof' of this. construction,the roo is secured to its supporting framework entirely without the use of bolts. The ffascim', which are bolted to the I side plates, are interlocked with the roof members'and this interlocking connection allows a small degree of spring in the roof.

. The continued vibration and strain is taken up in the interlocking connection, and such a thing as the hitherto breaking-oil ofroofs gong the edges of the car becomes imposs he running board brackets are of such form and are so secured-to. the top of the car as to make itimpossible for water orother substances to get into the bolt hole and hence into the interior of the car. These 'br'a'cltetsfwhichsupport the running board are in. this way made to perform a very useful function in the roof construction.

Other modes of applying th'e principle of our invention may be. em'gioyedinstead of the one explained, change ing made ,as re gards themechanism' herein disclosed, provided the means stated .by any one of the following claims or the equivalent of such V stated means be employed. I i j Wethereforeparti'ularly-point out and distinctly claim as our invention 1 In a car, the combination ofa' fiit edly secured fasciaformed with an open .coil, and

a roof member-coiled atv its outer edge and extending within the coil of the fascia.

2. In a car, the combination with the side plate, of a fascia'secured'to the side thereof.

and formed with an opencoil', and a roof member icoiled at its outer edge and extend ing within the coilfof the fascia. 7 a

- 3. In a car,.' the combination with the side plate, ofa .fascia secured to'the side thereof and formed with an open coil, and a plurals Qf z;

exten mg within the coilof -said fascia.

and formed with an open coil, a plurality of 110. 0 f members coiled at their edges and '4. In a car, the combination with the side I plate. of a fascia secured'tcthe side thereof roofmeinbers coiled at'their edges-and extending within the coil ofsaid' sc i members being rebent a edges, and a moi-cap 'eirt-ylat'eml i Meta edges of adj acentgroojf me to the side of saidplet'e.

5. A carline of inverted U-shape'p'rovided" with parallel, oppositely facing shoulders on its upper surface. 7 I I 6. A carline-of inverted U-shagieprovided oulders on its upper Surface, and with fiamges at its} U-shape portion, the shouldered u 1' sur- 10 bottom extendingoutwdrdly in-opposite diface extending outwardly beyond sal plates.

rections. I l Signed by us, this 4th da of June, 1910.

7. A carline of inverted U-shape provided WILLIAM OWEN. with parallehoppositel facing shoulders on WILLIAM T. WESTALL. its upper surface, an with flanges at its WILL IAM WALLACE. bottom extending outwardly in up osite di- Attested by y rections, and vertically dis osed pfites pro- ROBERT M. Sm

vided at the respective en s of the inverted I ANNA L. GILL.

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